The authors have investigated the petrochemical characters of holohyaline rocks from Shirataki district, Hokkaido, and the following results were obtained.
(1) X-ray studies on the spherulite showed that they are mainly composed of cristobalite and anorthoclase (and albite).
(2) Fifteen specimens of holohyaline rocks were chemically analyzed, and it is found that they are generally poor in CaO, richer in alkalines, especially in K
2O and range from 68.52 to 76.72 per cent in silica content. On the other hand, spherulite is richer in CaO and its alkali content is distinct, in Na
2O.
(3) The diagramatic reprensentation of the system Na
2O+K
2O-SiO
2 shows that most of the holohyaline rocks except spherulite have an intermadiate character between the tholeiitic rock suite of the Nasu-Fuji volcanic zone and alkalic rock suite of Circum Japan Sea province.
(4) The analytical compositions of obsidian, perlite and pitchstone group close to the minimum in the system NaAlSi
3O
8-KAlSi
3O
8-SiO
2 (Tuttle and Bowen, 1958), and obsidian and perlite correspond closely with the minimum at 500kg/cm
2 and/or 1000kg/cm
2 water vapour pressure.
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